# Crushing injuries at O'Brien Steel Service Co.
> OSHA SIR `2018044081` · 4/27/2018 · PEORIA, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Crushing injuries
## Cause
- **Event:** Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment
- **Source:** Beams-unattached metal
## Employer
- **Name:** O'Brien Steel Service Co.
- **Location:** 1700 NE Adams Street, PEORIA, ILLINOIS, 61603
- **NAICS:** 423510
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using an overhead crane to stack steel beams in the beam yard when the employee's left ring and pinky fingers were smashed between two beams, requiring hospitalization and surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*